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THE Licensing Executives Society Philippines (LESP) and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding, formalizing a relationship and cooperation that has existed for many years, and which LES hopes will endure for years to come.
Under the Memorandum of Understanding, LESP and IPOPHL, among others, will jointly organize a certification course or an advanced learning program on the licensing of intellectual property rights in the Philippines.
The MOU, signed on the occasion of the LESP Annual General Meeting, was signed by Atty. Welcome A. Márquez III, current President of LESP and CEO of IPOHL, Rowel A. Barba, and witnessed by the Atty. Patricia AO Bunye, former president of LESP and the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI).
“LES’s mission can be summed up in its motto: ‘Advance the Intellectual Property Business Globally,'” said Bunye. “Certainly, by cooperating with and supporting IPOPHL, LESP not only promotes the business of intellectual property, but also contributes to a broader national development agenda through intellectual property.”
IPOPHL has been very proactive in the pandemic, putting its operations and procedures online. There have been almost no interruptions and your stakeholders can transact via email and the IPOPHL website.
Bunye (this writer’s daughter) recently received the LESI Achievement Award. LESI is comprised of 33 national and regional societies of intellectual property professionals committed to advancing the business of intellectual property globally.
She was the president of LESI in 2016-2017, the first Filipino, the first from Southeast Asia and only the third woman to hold the position. Bunye is a senior partner, head of the Mining and Natural Resources and Energy practice groups, and deputy managing partner of the prominent law firm Cruz, Marcelo & Tenefrancia.
She is also involved in another professional organization (Diwata-Women in Resource Development, of which she was the founding president), where one of her flagship projects is helping indigenous women.
Diwata has sent indigenous women (from the Aeta tribe in Tarlac, central Luzon) to Barefoot College in India to become “solar engineers.” They have learned to assemble, maintain and repair solar panels, which they have installed in their community. The project also involves teaching them financial education and livelihood programs.
Heard (and seen) on Ayala Avenue
“Although we have been through many challenging months, we feel it is important to continue celebrating some of our beloved traditions as a community … (The parol is a) deeply Filipino sign of faith and, more especially, hope. Through these adornments simple that signify renewal and optimism, we hope to continue bringing much joy and wonder to our community. – Fernando Zobel de Ayala, Vice President, Ayala Corporation – on the occasion of the Christmas Lighting Ceremony on Ayala Avenue, November 16, 2020.
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